Cooper's Hawk and a Flicker

[Janika]

Shot these in the morning with 30D & 100-400, Enjoy!

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b186/Janika2/Birds/May-08-2007-021.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b186/Janika2/Birds/Hawk-II.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b186/Janika2/Birds/May-08-2007-079.jpg



John

[canonloader]

Greats shots of the hawk John, and that flicker is the best I've seen.

[Janika]

Thanx, I never would of noticed the flicker if s/he didn't make that creepy sound they do! :)

[canonloader]

I've gotten some long shots of them but they were always in the grass eating ants. The only time I've seen one in a tree, it looked like a dot, way too far away and I couldn't get closer. :)

[jorj7]

Great shots John. Very good detail and color in all of them.

[Janika]

Thanx Jorj, I have some more to post later, including a warbler and other small birds.

[village idiot]

Those are excellent, especially the cooper's hawk. Man, what a regal bird!

[MannP]

What a great bird of prey. Great capture as well. What aperture size did you use?

[calicokat]

Beautiful shots, very nice

[Janika]

I shot the first one on 300mm, f/5.6, ISO-160, 1/250 shutter, spot metering. Thanx for looking guys / galls...

[rocklyons]

Excellent pics.

[Gary Fairhead]

A nice trio of images and i especially like the first Coopers shot.

[Stephen Stephen]

John good capture of these birds. The Coopers looks just like one that Gary and I saw about a month ago in the west end of town. Was this taken at Mud Lake by any chance?

[Janika]

Thanks guys again for looking.
Stephen; Yes, it was at Mud Lake, I was walking from the south side of the lake and before I hit the bridge, there s/he was, just staring at me. Than it took off and I saw the crows making lot of noise at the other side and were upset about something, so I crossed the bridge and Of course, there s/he was again. That's when I shot the second set. You can see the branch is different on the second one. I walk by that place many times before, even with Wayne and Dan, but this was the first time I saw one.

John

[asolie]

Nice!!! :D8)

[rrdjserv@earthlink.net]

Great shots. Love the flicker.